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Chamber Dance Concert 2013
October 10-13
Meany Hall
Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30pm
Sunday @ 2:00pm
Tickets on sale now!
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Pablo Piantino in Twyla Tharp's
The Fugue
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Featuring professional dancers of the highest caliber, the Chamber Dance Company presents rarely seen modern dance works of historic and artistic significance. The 2013 concert, In Gender explores the role of gender in dance and the constantly changing attitudes about who dances and why. Choreographers and dances highlighted this year include Doris Humphrey's, The Shakers (premiere 1931), and Air for the G String (1928), Twyla Tharp's The Fugue (1970), Brazilian Duets (1998) by Zvi Gotheiner, and Posession Quartet (1994), by Doug Varone inspired by A.S. Byatt's book and performed to a riveting score by Phillip Glass.
Thirty minutes prior to curtain, all ticket holders are welcome to a pre-performance lecture about these historical dances and iconic choreographers in the Meany lobby.
Buy Tickets or call 206-543-4880, or visit UW Arts Ticket Office, 1313 NE 41st Street.
General Admission, $20 Advance/$22 at the door
Faculty/Staff/UAA, $18 Advance/$20 at the door
Students/Seniors, $10 Advance/$12 at the door
Tickets are subject to availability. Artists, dates, programs, and prices
are subject to change.
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UWtv to air Chamber Dance Series
Tuesdays & Wednesdays through October 9th
Best of Chamber Dance Company
What's old is new again! In 2001, UWTV aired The Best of Chamber Dance, featuring outstanding performances by University of Washington's Chamber Dance Company. In honor of CDC's ongoing performance series, UWTV is bringing back the program for air including the newest series, completed this past spring. Audiences can also view past CDC performances through an archival DVD collection in the Odegaard Library's Media Center. The CDC, comprised of graduate students with a minimum of eight years of professional dance experience, specializes in performing the works of modern dance history's great choreographers. Throughout the years, CDC has presented dances of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Mark Morris and Bill T. Jones plus many more.
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| "I will always miss dancing at the leveI I was at before the injury," says Anna Zemke, "but I'm lucky in all that I still can do in dance." Photo by Isaiah Brookshire. |
It only took a second. A lift gone wrong in a dance rehearsal. When Anna Zemke fell from that lift, shattering multiple bones in her foot, her future was forever altered. She just didn't know it yet.
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Interested in Musical Theatre?
UW offers a B.A. in Musical Theatre
Students looking to develop their singing, acting, and dancing abilities will have a new pathway at the UW beginning in September.
Starting next fall, the College of Arts and Sciences will begin offering a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in musical theatre through the collaboration of faculty members from the Dance Program, School of Drama, and School of Music. More...
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Get paid $20K just to travel?
Stephanie Liapis, MFA 2013 awarded
travel fellowship.
Back row, L to R: Karlyn Beer, Samantha Halstead, Kaiwen Sun, Daniel Stofleth, Katrina Claw, Kevin Tsuchida, Emily Hsieh, Stephanie Liapis. Front Row, L to R: Catherine Opie, Cori Bucherl, Stephanie Morriss, Nicola Follis, Alex Taipale, Daniel Miller.
Fourteen University of Washington students were recently awarded Bonderman Travel Fellowships that will enable them to embark on solo journeys that are at least eight months long and take them to at least two regions and six countries around the world. More...
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100%!
The Dance Program is proud to announce that all of our 2013 MFA graduates have gone on to teaching positions at universities throughout the nation!
Congratulations to Ryan Corriston, Ilana Goldman,
Stephanie Liapis, and Wilson Mendieta.
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Betsy Cooper, the Dance Program's leader for more than ten years, has been named the Divisional Dean for the Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Betsy presided over the department during a tumultuous period of reduced support combined with a need to serve more students. She was tireless in her efforts to find outside funding to support artistic residencies for students and also additional support for faculty.
Although her full-time presence will be missed, Betsy will continue to teach ballet technique, Early Dance History and other courses for both graduate and undergraduate students. The Dance Program is thrilled to have such a wonderful friend of the Arts (and of Dance) in the Dean's office. Congratulations Betsy!
Jennifer Salk, associate professor has been chosen to step into Betsy's shoes beginning September 1. Jennifer is familiar to students through her classes in modern technique, composition, teaching methods and creative process. While her new role as director will require her to pull back from some of her current responsibilities, there is no doubt she will tackle the administrative duties of the Dance Program with creativity and gusto. Join us in welcoming Jennifer to her new position!
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